Oldham Cricket Club is a

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team based at

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in the Watersheddings area of

Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham ...

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. In 1892

were one of the founding members of the

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and currently run teams in the First and Second divisions; with junior sides at Under 18 and Under 15 levels. Their professional for 2007 was Greg Todd of

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, who heralded the end of a long line of

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n professionals at the club, including Mark Charlton (2006) and Martin Smith (2004–05).

Honours

:First Division: 1909, 1916, 1957, 1979, 1982 :Wood Cup: 1943, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1988 :Second Division: 1902, 1930, 1944 (shared), 1983, 1985, 1986, 2016 :Burton Cup: 1976 :Moor Cup: 2017

References

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